He was a giant. We still talk of him, a quiet and gentle soul he was. He prepared coffee each morning and brought it to my grandmother in bed as she awoke. He would sit at her side and talk of the day before dismissing himself alone to his study. There he would read God's word and pray as he prepared and entered each day. As sunlight gave rise he was known as one you could trust. He did right by his fellowman and would not vacillate. In later years, at night, he would return to his study to close his day in the word. Prayer ...
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He was a giant. We still talk of him, a quiet and gentle soul he was. He prepared coffee each morning and brought it to my grandmother in bed as she awoke. He would sit at her side and talk of the day before dismissing himself alone to his study. There he would read God's word and pray as he prepared and entered each day. As sunlight gave rise he was known as one you could trust. He did right by his fellowman and would not vacillate. In later years, at night, he would return to his study to close his day in the word. Prayer would be his last thing at the side of his bed on his knees where he would say the Lord's Prayer as his wife listened before retiring. Even after she passed, I believe he still practiced this routine until he could no longer bend his knees being bedridden. Yes, there was none beside him or has there been one since in our family that we know. He died at 92 having left a legacy lived for God. (I often pray I will be like him). He has shed the cloak now of this life and is awaiting his family in glory. He was my mother's father, my "Grandpa," James ( Jimmy ) Sterling Farr, who followed after the Lord.
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